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VIVA A. VENTON, 

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AM placing a book in your hands which, with 

I proper study and research you should benefit 

greatly. This book was written by my mother 
in the spiritland, who wishes the world to know 
that the time has come for the great change, the 
cleansing of the earth, the passing away of the 
old for the new. When Christ's glory shall flood the 
earth. When truth's fire shall burn all evil things. 
When the old world of sin passes away and leaves the 
good to trample on the ashes of the wicked. 

In other words the Millennium, the New Era, the 
Dawn of Peace, when satan shall be bound for a thousand 
years. 

Many trumpets have blown and a long struggle is 
here, in which the old world shall pass away and the 
new one shall assert itself to live its thousand years. 

The Bible predicts the earth shall come to an end 
in the twinkling of an eye, which shall be so at the end 
of those thousand years. The church from the throne 
of God gives us a chance to learn its mysteries, and from 
its tiny seed, spring the Tree of Life Everlasting. Worthy 
endeavor is always blessed and by the Hand of God com- 
manding it. His church which has long lain subdued, 
is springing into glorious life, rising higher and higher 
till it reaches Heaven with all its blessings. To the 
Heaven of God which is the greatest of the universe. 

Study the New Testament where St. John the Divine 
acquired such high mediumistic power that he was enabled 
to write as God commanded. See the corresponding 
things told here which this book has explained. See the 
life of Christ and the parables He taught which are 
herein explained. 

We do not claim the full authorship of this book, 
for God's wishes were followed and we wrote exactly 
as He told us to. 

We hope this will find a place in your heart and bring 
out the power that is in you. 

Let us all with God unite and turn the darkness into 
light. 



THE MILLENIUM 

You all look forward to the devil in chains 

When he no longer tempts the weak. 

And I know 'mid hills and plains 

Is coming the age you seek. 

Coming the world over is that age 

When all are used the same. 

When men are given a living wage, 

When all have equal fame. 

When the devil is bound by truth, 

That mighty word of yore. 

A word still in its youth. 

A word hardly used before. 

Truth will prevail throughout the land, 

Will clear the darkest spots. 

By truth we will understand 

Each other's tho'ts. 

And then the whole world o'er 

Will treat each other right. 

Lies and hypocrisy will no more 

Be found. They'll vanish in the night. 

Truth will prevail the remotest places. 

Wrong simply cannot be performed. 

For all colors of faces 

Will by Truth be uniformed. 

All will know all tho'ts of wrong 

As soon as it is tho't. 

He could not find in a countless throng, 

A man who knew it not. 

And as forewarned is forearmed. 

It would be useless the wrong to try, 

For the victim would be alarmed 

And would know that he was nigh. 

Thus the truth would prevail 

And by force it would stay. 

It would travel o'er hill and dale. 

And need never go . away. 

When Spiritualism envelopes the world 

And all the people mediums become, 

The millennium earthward will be whirled, 

And the devil cast therefrom. 

When Spiritualism is among the races 



And so many teach the plan divine, 

All may see their loved ones' faces 

And need not for them pine. 

They could guide them day by day 

Possessed of spirit wings. 

And death be known as a passing from clay 

To a life of higher things. 

Death would not be so terribly sad. 

You could see them with you still. 

By them advice could be had 

And comforts at will. 

We would make no mistakes. 

There would be eternal bliss. 

How heavenly for all our sakes 

If those joys we do not miss. 

Oh the joys of knowing 

That in leaving for planes divine, 

Our loved ones are not far going. 

We can say, "They still are mine." 

They but leave for a higher home, 

To the divine planes of God. 

To comfort us they often come. 

While the house of clay is 'neath the soi 

You say in death we are sleeping. 

To be resurrected Judgment Day. 

Our bodies do lie sleeping 

To awake to Mother Earth in decay. 

The Life, the spirit of things 

Passes on to higher planes. 

There to await what their character brings. 

Whether praise, promotion or pains. 

When comes the great Judgment Day 

They will be gathered from high and low, 

And be resurrected to decide their way. 

To decide where they will go. 

Our Heavenly Father is not mean. 

He gives us a chance to improve. 

If all right we have not seen 

In atonement He does reprove. 

The words the Bible tells 

"In death we sleep, in resurrection wake," 

Is true. Believe what it tells 

But the view of this parable take. 

Jesus' lessons in parables were told. 



You understand them and believe. 

Yet why not those words as a parable of old, 

Believe you and your mind relieve. 

The cross of Jesus was hard bear 

And Spiritualism He taught. 

His spirit appeared and vanished in air, 

Yet as a spirit you believe it not. 

Then the trumpet blows at last, 

We of the many stars 

Will be resurrected. Called from the past 

To the future in a heavenly Mars. 

Mars, the purple kingdom on high 

Where is Jesus in a heavenly fold. 

To be good enough we all should try, 

To be called to that mansion of old 

For heaven is a condition, not a place. 

A feeling, a state of mind. 

A clear conscience, a pure heart and face 

And God's praise is what we shall find. 

And with our loved ones always. 

Surely that is worth struggles hard. 

There is no escape and goodness pays. 

Purity's beauty is never marred. 

Why seek the millennium age 

In any other way? 

How other could the devil be in a cage 

By all you could do or say? 

Let your loved ones save and guide you. 

Let them lead harm astray. 

Give them a chance to be beside you 

And in sorrow they would not pass away. 

But in peace they would onward go. 

Just a step higher with God. 

Yet in love live here below. 

To teach us the path they have trod. 

Then happiness world-wide would spread. 

The millennium, the age of peace. 

When you learn there is no dead. 

All is Life, but the devil must cease. 

The devil bound by the chains of Truth, 

And the prophecies of yore 

Will be fulfilled. Happiness now in its youth 

Will live from then on. Forever more. 



THE WORD OF GOD 

The word of God is being spoken, 

Many are the ones that have served me. 

Take this message as a token 

Of the blessings that are to be. 

Many are ones that have preached my wordy 

But Oh — in such a different tone. 

And from them many prayers I have hearc 

I pitied them and left them not alone. 

Long ago satan wrongly led them, 

Thru ignorance they turned my words away. 

I knew their souls and could not expect them 

To see more than their same old way. 

And having known them predicted rightly 

That many false prophets would arise, 

While my own flock who knew me, would nightly 

Hear my angels and praise us to the skies. 

I will tell you why I am speaking so. 

I predicted long ago, that some day 

There would be a mighty overthrow. 

That the wrong to the world could not stay. 

The time has come for that work to be started 

When only a century divides 

The end of when the heavens and earth be parted 

And now. The mighty tides 

Of my power and recollections 

Of the wrongs foisted on sad hearts, 

I have at last made my selections 

Of the ones by whom the good work starts 

I will raise thru' them a church spire, 

That my love and kindness and Me 

With that church, shall bring standards higher 

And its beacon light all shall see. 

My words must ring loud and clear. 

My servants must never ending preach. 

For I intend that all shall see 

The truths that I shall teach. 

This work this year shall be started. 

Just one little rolling stone. 

Yet no moss shall it gather as a free-hearted 

Teacher, preacher and guide all in one. 

As I try to guide you and lead 

You in paths of virtue out of sin. 



I see the frantic efforts of satan speed 

Toward you that I might not win. 

But he has only the imps of vice to wage 

The war against angels of light. 

When the beams of the New Day reveal his cage 

He will be instantly put to flight. 

But I will come. My time is dated. 

Many trumpets will have blown. 

And when comes the time stated 

I will claim the world my own. 

I will come in a cloud of flame. 

A burst of glory all shall see. 

When all the world shall be the same, 

And all will happy be. 

Look for this prophecy to come true. 

The word of God never fails. 

And when my words are set before you 

The false in insignificance pales. 

My words are true and always last. 

Always my work is done. 

And when false satan is left in the past 

I can call the world my own. 

Pray and in the name of My Son 

And you shall be answered one by one. 

(End.) 

OUR PLEADING 

Hear these words as we speak 

Direct from the planes divine. 

Many are the hearts we seek 

To say "They are mine." 

Many are the years we've worked to gain 

The faith of the lowly earth. 

And we've tried to make it plain 

That we bring love and mirth. 

We bring truth and we guide 

Your lives with a practiced hand. 

And as we work to be by your side 

You must work to understand. 

We cannot speak against your will, 

For your mind is all your own. 

And yet we are with you still, 

We leave you never alone. 



We try so hard to lead you 

Out of the paths of sin, 

Into paths of virtue, 

And sometimes we win. 

And oftentimes you do not hear 

Our repeated cries. 

And we view our loved ones here 

With downcast eyes. 

We cannot give you help and cheer, 

For you do not recognize 

Our efforts, yet we cherish dear 

Each one. Our love multiplies. 

For we know every impulse and tho't 

That strays thru your mind. 

And tho' you know it not 

Family ties always bind. 

Bind us nearer and nearer yet 

Even tho' your love grows blind. 

Just because you do not let 

Yourself be master of your mind. 

Let us show you. Let us lead 

Temptation from your heart. 

Trust to us we plead. 

That we may never part. 

Give us the guiding hand o'er you 

To throw out satan's power. 

We will warn you what is before you 

Almost hour by hour. 

Satan has long misled you 

For a purpose of his own. 

Into black night he sped you. 

Into ignorance you have grown. 

In search of the word of God, 

You have lived 'neath satan's wing 

In the wrong path you've trod. 

It is the path of truth we bring. 

The truth we set before you 

On the holy wings of love. 

That is why this must not bore you 

For it comes from the God above. 

Listen and we will tell 

The story you must know. 

Thru' satan the world fell. 

Thru' God you must grow. 

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Grow to reach the hilltops of love 

Where God's light doth shine, 

'Tis only then you can see above 

To worship God at His shrine. 

'Tis there we will lead you. 

'Tis there that we live. 

In holy love we speed you 

To the best God can give. 

We worship God, as His angels, 

We know and live with Him. 

We live beneath ringing bells 

While your eyes are growing dim. 

While your eyes that do not see us 

Are faltering with fear, 

And do not know that you'll soon be us, 

As us and with us, here. 

Many false prophets have arisen. 

Have given their point of view, 

So the world has been a prison 

Just awakening anew. 

The power of God has ever 

Been gathering force as it waited. 

And satan knows that never 

Will he escape what is fated. 

Satan knows that he is going, 

Knows that he 

Knows it is too late. 

Yet he is steadily growing 

Incredulity and hate. 

Thus he is trying 

The world to agitate. 

It is his frantic crying 

To hold of the hand of fate. 

And as he tries to hold it off 

God's power is working still. 

And begins to shout "Enough! 

You are bending to my will." 

We are nearing that great ocean 

Whose mighty heaving tide 

Enfolds the world's commotion, 

Spending peace worldwide. 

Let us pray in the time being 

When your hearts are opened wide, 

Let us send doubt fleeing. 

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Accept God for your guide. 

Accept your kind heavenly Father 

Who has alwaj^s pitied you. 

Understand Him. Wouldn't you rather 

Accept His point of view? 

Let us guide you we plead. 

Let us teach you how to live. 

God will answer every need 

And all goodness give. 

If you help this life to win, 

In God's fold you enter in. 

Then you will always be. 

Nearer my God, to Thee. 



A SOUL'S PLEADING AND ITS ANSWER 

O take me to some rocky height 

Where I the world may view. 

And leave me far into the night 

That I may commune with You. 

There show me the angel band. 

Lead my mind aright. 

Cast away doubt with your hand 

That I may view the sight. 

Let my soul in freedom rise. 

Let me feel thy breath. 

Let me hear thy words wise 

That I may fear not death. 

Thus pleads my soul, for knowledge where 

The angels dwell on high. 

"There's just one way to climb the stair 

That leads into the sky." 

Thus spoke a voice so still 

That swiftly came to me. 

"All may come who will 

Sit in reverie. 

If you calmly sit 

The fires of hope lit, 

Looking for light. 

And willing to fight 

The many evil sprites 

Who each lend their mites 

Of evil powers, to cheat 

You of your rights and defeat 

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The purpose of God who gives 

The chance to all who live 

To converse with loved ones gone, 

To those who have entered on 

Their second road of strife, 

That they may enter life 

Everlasting after Judgment Day, 

When there is love and peace always. 

When God the world created. 

He knew that we were fated 

To drift in ignorance and sorrow. 

Thru' people whose each tomorrow 

Was spent in more stubborn wickedness. 

Listening to satan for happiness. 

Listening to satan's lies 

That stifled the many cries 

Of God's hoping, yearning few, 

Who depended on Him to lead them thru 

The maelstrom in which was whirled 

An ignorant and savage world. 

God knew the character of each one. 

How much the devil possessed of them. 

He knew the ways they v/ould turn. 

How Satan's words would throbbing burn 

Their way thru Truth's heart, 

Then as murderers depart, 

Form a religion of their own. 

Which many people would condone. 

And accept as true. 

When if they only knew 

That Jesus' words of old 

In parables were told. 

Parables whose meanings were thwarted 

By the many fainthearted. 

Who either dared not or really thot 

That they were telling what 

God's meaning was meant to be, 

And were not able to see, 

The considerate, loving plan 

That He meant for the life of man. 

First wickedness, then ignorance led 

The joy of living with the dead 

Not as dead but freed to higher stars 

Far astray. Ignorance bars 

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The great plan God intended to 

Use for the joy of all of you. 

If you do not believe such things are so 

You have strayed. You do not know 

Satan has made a dupe of you 

From the beginning. It is true 

Our little sect has retained 

The truth of God's word and are pained 

By the world's preaching the false view 

Which satan has placed before you. 

Satan wants you to be parted 

From God's words. Be broken hearted 

Because God separates and grieves you. 

He wants you to think God leaves you 

To struggle alone, no one to guide you, 

While in reality He is beside you 

In myriads of ways. 

You should see how satan betrays 

Your interests for his ow^n, 

Misleading you till you have gone 

Too far to retreat. You know not how 

To learn. He does not allow 

You to. He laughs and scorns 

At any who try to remove the thorns. 

And find the beauty meant to be 

Spread from birth to Eternity. 

That is why so few live 

Who understand and can give 

A true conception of Christ's word. 

For only a few have heard 

The things God intends to strew 

Broadcast for the joy of His few. 

Let satan weep and gnash his teeth, 

We will give him a wreath 

Of the terrible sorrows he has made 

For those sins he will be repaid. 

For the millenium is bound to come, 

When with joy we enter home 

Cleansed by truth and God's divine 

Words and power. When His sign 

Is understood and loved, so near 

Will be God's life and ours, so dear, 

That when you look for anyone 

Who happens to be gone 

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To join a bigger, freer place, 

You will see that loving face 

And it will answer, you need not plead 

In vain to hear what you need. 

There's many and many a way 

To hear what angels say. 

So hear me as we pleading cry 

For a new by and by, 

Hear me as I say to you 

Let us make the world anew. 

Hear me as we pleading try 

To raise the world where banners fly. 

Banners of a worldwide peace 

When all manner of evils cease. 

When we thrust all doubt away. 

And invite God's power to stay. 

When we put all wrong to flight. 

When we change things aright. 

When we accept God's power to stay 

And keep Him with us every day. 

Then you will know the meaning of good 

And things will be as they should. 

Let us keep the good work going. 

Let us make some worthy showing 

To the God who entrusts to our care 

This work to do everywhere. 

Let us look to God for light, 

And view the glorious sight 

Of a satan-held ignorant world 

'Round which vast arms are curled. 

Leading it to the breast 

Of the One who loves us best. 

Of the One by whom from now on 

All the past will be as gone. 

A black page of history 

To be blotted from memory, 

To make room for joys to be 

Lasting thru eternity. 

Emerging from a hideous night 

Into everlasting light. 

Such are the plans told to us. 

Such is to be the joyous 

World overrunning with love 

Given from the God above. 

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And then for you and me, 

We know we will always be 

Guided by God's own hand 

Into a far better land. 

There to dwell on some bright star 

And always know we are 

Living loved and blest, 

Always with peace and rest. 

THE ETERNAL CITY 

The eternal city spoken of old 

As having streets paved with gold, 

Is brighter than gold, brighter by far 

Than any gleaming, twikling star 

That looks at you in the night 

And you think is very bright. 

To your eye its beams 

Are as a diamond gleams. 

And yet could you but know 

The eternal city all aglow. 

Is diamond, gold and star in one, 

Rivaling the white-hot sun. 

Could you see from your gloomy night 

It's dazzling bewildering light, 

You would kneel asking for pity 

That you might live in the eternal city. 

That you might live in its purple haze 

Sparkling, translucent, soothing rays. 

That is neither purple, silver or gold, 

Yet all in one. A magnificent fold 

That shelters all his innocent sheep. 

With Christ as their shepherd, their trust to keep, 

For such a purpose a God so kind 

Has long remembered and kept in mind 

His suffering children and for your sakes, 

Will forgive and adjust mistakes 

Which, out of ignorance, you made, 

If in God your trust is laid. 

If in God your trust is true 

He will always remember you, 

And a watch over you will keep 

As in dreams you lay asleep. 

And in those dreams you will see 

A glimpse of our Eternity. 

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As you wander by the side 

Of one who wants to be your guide 

You will see before you spread 

The land of the so-called dead. 

And as you gaze upon its beauties 

It will remind you of j'our duties 

To neighbors, strangers and kin, 

If you wish to enter in 

The beautiful life so portrayed, 

A place to fit the life you made. 

For such life that here you live 

As you deserve will you receive. 

Hear the angels say. 

"We are watching every day. 

As into your heart we look 

We are writing in j^our book. 

Every word and exact tho't 

In truth will be bro't 

So in your book will appear 

Your every tho't and deed here. 

By every tho't and deed you build 

The mansion which- was willed 

To everyone from the Lord, 

As a just recompense and reward. 

**In my Father's house are many mansions," 

By Jesus was foretold. 

By your life you build those mansions 

In the eternal city of old. 

The city where some will go. 

While some will be left below. 

Where, if they do not repent, 

To Satan's hell-fires they are sent. 

Where they will experience the Second Death, 

While we enjoy eternal breath. 

Loving, living with God apart, 

In His ever faithful heart. 

While some build deathly homes infernal, 

We will dwell in the City Eternal. 

END 

WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AND 

WHAT WILL BE 

Think of the things that might have been, 
Had we given a listening ear 

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To the little things pleading to enter in 

And become a part of us here. 

Things which would have helped us more 

Than all the whole w^orld beside. 

And which a kind God long before 

Tried to show us when Christ died. 

Tried to show us the plan that He 

Had formed for our benefit, 

That from birth thru eternity 

He was with us in Holy Writ 

He described the world-old plan. 

And the stubborn eyes 

Of ignorant satan-led man 

Refused to believe they were aught but lies. 

God is not cruel. He was always kind. 

He intended not your hearts to break. 

If you would listen you would find 

His intentions and to happiness wake. 

Forget the age-long preachers and creeds 

That have led us so far astray. 

Let us look for a religion with deeds 

That w^ill lead us right always 

Oh think of the happiness we might find 

If we followed the w^ord of God. 

The laws of nature. The natural kind 

Of living and following God. 

It is as natural as the dust 

That forms from our body. As free as air — 

It is cause and effect. It simply must 

Be the only life, everywhere. 

Our bodies die and go back to clay. 

The spirit lives and goes from here 

To it's next abode, where it may stay 

And still live with its family dear. 

If you would let them, would only give 

Then their natural way to speak, 

You would have found the natural way to live, 

The Godly life you seek. 

Such is the joy that might have been 

Had you but stayed with God. 

Not straying to ignorance and sin. 

And becoming creatures of the sod. 

You might been communing with Heaven. 

You might have had joy untold. 

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And for your faith God would have given 

A life of purple and gold. 

And these things that might have been so 

God w^ill not allow to die. 

He intends us all to know 

That there is no cause for a sigh. 

Just listen to the words of those 

Who live and love you still. 

Live with God, with Him who knows 

That truth, your hearts will fill. 

These might have beens will some day rise 

With a power that never dies. 

END 



YE ARE GOD'S 

Listen to the God of Everywhere. 

From everywhere comes the voice. 

"Ye are gods". If you care 

Enough to make the choice. 

You are free. Completely free. 

Free from poverty's hampering strings, 

Free from all evil things 

That here abound, if j^ou wish to be. 

For God said you are a part 

Of the great soul of Him. 

And if so why not start 

To be a counterpart of Him. 

And a counterpart you are 

Even tho' very small. 

Shining from afar 

Is the God over all. 

The God who is all there is 

Even to you and I. 

All good is His 

From the earth to the sky. 

Yet you are a god; and if good 

For good you can- create. 

Not by mere flesh and blood, 

For soulpower is fate. 

And such fate do not deny 

The existence thereof. 

Learn. Understand why. 

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At truth do not scoff. 

The world's power is in your hand 

To make or mar its life. 

Lack of faith to understand 

Is the cause of the world's strife. 

Fight with your will, not with blood. 

You are your own fate. 

If you do as you should 

Before you is the golden gate. 

Gold for power. With crystal gems 

Which are deeds pure and clear. 

The gates of power all weakness condemns, 

It will not open to fear. 

"He who will not demand, hath no right." 

Are God's words correctly told. 

He wishes no one to slight. 

But you must ask to enter His fold. 

Ask! And it will be given. 

Believe! and you will find 

That the golden gate to Heaven 

Is opened thru your mind. 

Have we not said that Heaven 

Is a feeling, not a place. 

If in God you have striven 

Your Heaven shows in your face. 

Of course you must know 

We are gods on a smaller scale. 

But while we live here below 

We may lift the material veil. 

Lift the veil and view 

The powers of each one. 

And know each could do 

The things Christ has done. 

Christ said that we could do 

What He did and still more. 

Ye are gods each one of you, 

Seek ye, the open door. 

The door that swings wide 

To each one that tries. 

To no one is denied 

The stairway to the skies. 

The stairway that leads 

To the Heavenly Host. 

Who look upon our creeds 

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As a fleeting ghost. 

A ghost that we must banish 

To the satan from whom it came. 

And all trials vanish 

In the praise of God's name. 

Ye are gods, tho small 

Parts of the universe. 

Help the God of all 

To remove satan's curse. 

Tho God is all in all, 

We are distinct parts of Him, 

Who must right the world's fall 

To satan black and grim. 

Tho each has a Heaven of his own, 

The God, of whom we are, 

Has a marvelous Heaven 'round His throne 

On His saintly star. 

On His throne, the Judgment Seat 

Where the perfect live. 

Where Heaven is doubly sweet 

Because there is Good, to give. 

Because we are gods, on a small scale 

Our Heaven is proportionately small. 

In insignificance it pales 

Beside the Heaven of All. 

The Heaven of God, where we pray 

That we may find a place. 

Granted permission to stay 

Reflecting God's shining face. 

END 

THE CHANGING SANDS 

An experience in Death. Told by one who knows. 

The moaning sea 

The changing sands, 

Have forever and ever 

And ever ceased to be 

To me, this life has, passed away. 

My spirit has fled this very day. 

I see a bright cloud. 

A gentle hand 

Reaches forth to lead me 

To yonder land. 

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My scattered senses revive in a flash, 

I feel a great weight drop with a crash, 

And I'm going. I know not where. 

The scene is changed. 

As I look o'er kind faces and know 

I never will dwell here more, 

I feel strange. It is all so new. 

I wonder, I know not what to do. 

But look! In joy 

All words fail me. 

Mother, father crowds near 

That I may see. 

A high spirit appears, holding a book, 

And leans toward us that we may look. 

I understand, 'tis my Book of Life. 

I'm thinking fast. 

The life I led 

Rushes back to memory. 

What will be said. 

Of my selfish and wayward years. 

I falter, I'm filled with racking fears. 

At last they speak 

Gentle but firm. 

I feel in truth 

As a lowly worm. 

"Tho'tlessness of others. You must atone 

And bravely bear your burden alone. 

God loves us all, while you are but one/^ 

I turn away 

Sad and distressed. 

And firmly resolved 

To do my best. 

I'm guided to my next abode, 

Traveling swiftly, needing no road. 

On a planet 

Higher by two 

Than the Earth we left, 

Our journey's thru. 

They tell me it is here that I must live. 

To learn, **As ye receive, freely give. 

The first rule of all is holy love." 

"From love spring all desires and deeds. 

It is out of love 

God supplies our needs. 

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The purer your love so are you, 

Forgiving, sacrificing and true. 

Love of duty 

To know we must 

Feel toward others 

As kind and just 

As we want God to feel to us and ours. 

Thus we call to us the holy Powers. 

Thro'out love of self and understand." 

Thus they taught me 

Of the seven spheres 

Of which the Earth is first, 

The Vale of Tears, 

Where the devil now has his way, 

Where the most evil are bound to stay. 

And gradually 

Rise up with love. 

Just as they deserve 

To spheres above. 

On Judgment Day who in evil persist. 

In Second Death will cease to exist. 

For love of God must be undisturbed. 

We are as 

The numberless sands 

That border the deep seas 

In many lands. 

Some are washed high and some washed low 

Wherever the power wills them to go. 

I have only 

This tiny way. 

Please give sober thots 

To what I say. 

I have been there and I pray you give heed 

To your every word, thot and deed. 

Always remember 

The Changing Sands. 

YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN 

Read these words as they are written 
Divinely spoken from above. 
That the soul shall be smitten 
From the one who does not love. 
And in loving love the ones 

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Who have unselfishly loved you. 

Parents, daughters or sons 

Who in spirit are near to you. 

Or a mate whose children borne 

Are half a spirit of you 

The sacredness cannot be shorn 

From the union of you two. 

Sacred love must be maintained. 

The wickedness of men 

By the fates are ordained 

To face them again. 

These things must be made straight. 

Unions must not be broken. 

Remember there is an afterfate 

As these lips have spoken. 

There are things you must know 

Which common sense should teach. 

When to spirit land we go 

We are still within your reach. 

Love the soul^ not the house of clay, 

And not for mere physical things. 

But the soul who knows eternal day 

And has eternal wings. 

Do not the marriage sacredness abuse. 

Choose not for earthly life. 

But for perfect matehood choose 

Where ruptions are not rife. 

These perfect unions must be 

The outcome of Godly love. 

Joined by prayers to see 

Eternal life above. 

If satan has wrongly led you 

And great mistakes you have made, 

The hand of God will in you 

Cause the memory to fade. 

So that when He starts to adjust 

Your life and mistakes undo. 

For your good you simply must 

Forget and think His way is so. 

For your life must be perfect 

If to God's Heaven you rise. 

You must know and expect 

That God's way is wise. 

And being wise, you must know 

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That if by chance your love was wrong, 

Thru God's adjustment you must go 

To have life everlastingly long. 

Harmony comes from Godly love. 

In God you must be born. 

In perfect realms above 

You will see Eternal Morn. 

"Verily ye must be born again." 

Was what Christ explained. 

In God's spirit both women and men 

Must be as God ordained. 

If you want eternal life, 

As God's child ye must be born. 

In His spirit husband and wife 

Apart will never be torn. 

It is done by God's mighty hand 

To perfect the perfect union. 

Accept this decree and demand 

Such soul communion. 

Useless marriage is a waste 

Caused by earthly laws. 

Because satan was in haste 

To get you in his jaws. 

A waste to be adjusted 

In the worlds to come. 

The one way to have perfected 

The family in God's home. 

And often there is created here 

A union perfect in soul. 

And which is always dear, 

Together reaching their goal. 

Love the soul. Love the spirit 

Tho 'the body is gone from you. 

This is in Holy writ 

And is very plainly true. 

Love is lonely, it is misused. 

God is love and wants to be 

Not by wrong abused, 

But pure and forever free. 

Free from satan's physical lust. 

Free from contaminations. 

And pleads for you to be Just 

And accept this explanation. 

The Hand of God wins in the end. 

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Family ties are sacred. 

And born again ye will amend 

And live with God instead. 

THE UNIVERSE 

There's many and many a one 

Who many and many a time, 

Gaze at the golden sun 

And wonder at its rays sublime. 

For it is a sublime thing 

To warm the earth of snow, 

And make winter take wing 

Back to where icebergs grow. 

The sun in summer heat 

Calls forth the crops again. 

That there may be enough to eat 

To feed all nations of men. 

And besides the sun there is the moon, 

The earth, the stars, the space, 

Where everything moves in tune 

At an even pace. 

Such is the universe God made 

Which we could explain. 

Listen to what has been said 
And much knowledge attain. 

God creates Life with His will. 

From spiritpower it is grown. 

From His spirit He doth fill 

Our bodies of flesh and bone. 

It is on earth Life is started. 

In materials it is grown. 

In death spirit and materials are parted 

And to higher worlds it goes. 

Nature, Life and God all three 

Are a vast overwhelming One. 

It is Nature that there should be 

A dazzling heated sun. 

Tho' the universe you do not understand 

Why or from where it appeared. 

God, the Life of Nature, did command 
Such, that His life might be cheered. 
He made all things as they are. 
From His marvelous spirit will power. 

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From space and the largest star 

To the tiniest little flower. 

And when you wonder at the sun's rays 

Or the moon's silvery glow, 

Or the motion that forms nights and days, 

Just let your wonder grow. 

And in awe of the Spirit Great 

Who built from Him everything. 

Such power let us appreciate 

And in praise our voices ring. 

Love is the crown of life. 

Our hearts beat with its thrill. 

It helps our labors and strife, 

It tries our hearts to fill. 

If your hearts are near bursting 

With joy and love of good, 

Your souls are everthirsting 

To serve God as you should. 

There's joy in love. The love of God 

And kindness to your fellowmen. 

For we are all loved by God. 

We are all God's children. 

Love is a magic power 

That softens and uplifts the earth. 

Bringing near the Awakening Hour, 

The day of joy and mirth. 

When the earth is a heaven, 

When satan is outgrown, 

The age for which we have striven, 

When sorrow has forever flown. 

Then millenium comes with love. 

Love of Justice. Love of Right. 

Love of God here and above, 

Love of God's great might. 

His love is brimming o'er 

If you try to find it. 

Growing more and more 

For those who do find it. 

Love of good rightly applied 

Will give you God's blessings and praise. 

His loving help is not denied 

If you serve Him all your days. 

This book will clearly lead you 

To the truth we preach. 

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Work and God will give you 

The joys you try to reach. 

Others do it, why not youf 

God loves you and every one. 

Ye are gods. Try and so do, 

And God's will be done. 

Learn love of God and be true 
And His blessings be on you. 

FOR CHRIST'S SAKE 

"For Christ's sake." Such is the plea 

That many lips express, 

And as I hear, the love in Me 

Makes satan's power less. 

The love I bore you Savior, 

Jesus, My servant Son, 

Will punish satan's behaviour, 

His cross has just begun. 

The cross that will overpower him, 

Will lay his black soul low. 

The death journey is before him, 

To its end he must go. 

Go to the dark and bitter end. 

To the hell that faces him. 

Rise up and help your God to send 

Him where Justice places him. 

You are my children all. 

Help Good to conquer Bad. 

If before satan you do not fall. 

Great joys are to be had. 

Great joy and great love 

Fulfilling your brightest dreams, 

All coming from your God above. 

The God who reigns supreme. 

Reigning in the Judgment Seat, 

Reigning with mighty hands. 

Many angels at his feet 

Obeying His commands. 

For well they know that mighty throne, 

Its sceptre rules forever. 

Great love it has shown 

To praise their least endeavor. 

For those who are praised 

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Lies a happy sunny shore, 
To which they are raised 
To dwell forevermore. 

Such is the life of those who are 

Dwelling by My side, 

In My kingdom, on My star 

Where the most perfect abide. 

For such lives I plead with thee 

To pray in Christ's name. 

Heed My commands and I promise thee 

A home in My kingdom you may claim. 

Hear our music from afar 

Of the promise I never break. 

For the love of My Son, I will not bar 

Any from the promise I make. 

For Christ's sake. You surely know 

That in spiritworld you will wake. 

And as you live you nearer go, 

So ask for Christ's sake. 

For Christ's sake I give you 

The help you need. 

For the love of My Son I give you 

The love you plead. 

If you love Jesus and are true 

To His memory in your heart, 

For that love I give you 

Of My power a part. 

With that power you may do 

The deeds that I command. 

If you love Him, I love you 

And so reach forth My hand 

To teach you and guide you 

To the road that leads to Heaven. 

I will always be beside you. 

My promise I have given. 

I love My Son so that His wish 

That you to My heart I take, 

Will cause you all good to accomplish 

For Christ's sake. 

These are My words, I promise you 

As such will carry you thru 

Any dark and dismal road. 

Guiding you to Christ's abode. 

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CHRIST OF THE HEAVENLY HOST 

Hear the tramp of many feet, 

The roll of many drums, 

As before the Judgment Seat 

The Conquering Hero comes. 

The Conquering Hero, once so meek. 

Walking the earth in mock defeat, 

Helping the poor and weak. 

Willing all hardships to meet. 

Seeking to cure and heal. 

Yet few would understand 

And in understanding feel 

The blessing of this command ; 

God helps those who helps themselves, ^^ 

"He deserves not who does not demand. 

Why not learn and avail yourselves 

Of God's ready helping hand. 

The hand stretched out to you 

Instantly at your pleasure. 

Giving kind words and true 

And for your work full measure. 

Christ tried to teach what you receive 

By knowledge of His word. 

In greatest joy you might live 

Free as the freest bird. 

He w^as meek and yet so great. 

The purest life yet seen. 

Had it not have been for satan's hate 

Such lives you all might have been. 

Satan seemed to have a victory. 

He accomplished mock defeat. 

For the hand of God surely, quietly 

Deprived him of victory's sweet. 

Satan has ruled hundreds of years 

Trying the world to destroy. 

Causing sorrows and tears. 

Banishing glorious joy. 

Teaching us to curse and kill. 

To think the death he sends 

To sadden us, is God's will. 

And to think separation God intends. 

Such lies and gloom satan sent. 

God is using a powerful will 

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Trying to teach you what He meant, 

Seeking your faith in Him still. 

A great army of God's own 

Have risen with Christ at their head. 

A wonderful force they have grown, 

The ones that you call dead. 

Angels with wreaths of flowers 

To crown the success of Christ, 

Are His faithful followers. 

Praising God in the highest. 

Hoping for victory great. 

Knowing they will succeed. 

Knowing it is the hand of fate 

That Satan's heart must bleed. 

Knowing too, the people will 

Escape those tearing jaws 

And Truth will guide them still, 

To learn Nature's laws. 

By doing so you will view 

The success of the Heavenly Host. 

From the Truth that comes to you 

Comes the power of the Holy Ghost. 

See the Hero gloriously rise 

To calm the tempest of woe. 

Appearing to the blessed eyes 

Of those who see and know. 

Thus we see the great career 

Of our Heavenly Father's Son 

Is forming and is here. 

Great wonders have just begun. 

A collossal force is the Heavenly Host, 

Tramping with innumerable feet. 

The God who loves us most. 

Bids us the Host to greet. 

With glories we do not know. 

They are forging straight ahead 

Causing satan's overthrow 

And leaving good instead. 

Thus with the beat of Heavenly drums 

Christ the Conqueror in glory comes. 

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THE LIGHTHOUSE 

Across the stormy seas, 

Across the barren plain, 

Over hills and leas 

Comes the echo back again. 

The echo of many a raging wave 

Beating over jagged rocks of hate, 

Rocks that wreck and do not save 

And in pity never wait. 

Thru that black terrible night 

Of gloom and clouds of sin 

Comes a piercing ray of light, 

Seeming to quiet that unutterable din. 

Then comes a voice powerful and clear 

Saying to the world, "Peace, Be still," 

And a calm settling near 

Calls our tho'ts to that wonderful will. 

The will that dispenses the stormy life 

That shipwrecks Peace and Good, 

The storms of Sin and Strife, 

The weakness of flesh and blood. 

Over those treacherous rocks of hate 

Comes that gleaming twinkling light, 

Leading you before it is too late 

Into safety, out of the night. 

A lighthouse has risen above the mist, 

Guiding the way to peace and cheer. 

It has arisen in your midst. 

Its rays are bright and clear. 

A lighthouse sturdy and full of power 

Shines over the land of woe. 

The Dawn, the Awakening Hour 

Is here. The storms must go. 

A lighthouse guided by God's hand 

Will find its way to you. 

God's truth will demand 

An entrance to the hearts of you. 

God will grow a church steeple 

That will mount to Heaven and higher. 

Its light will guide many people 

To God's own church spire. 

And while that church is growing 

The light that will lead you, 

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God's own Book is doing 

His own work among you. 

Try to reach it and pray 

That the light may shine your way, 

And the storms that sorrows fill 

May give way to 'Teace. Be still." 

WHEN CHRIST ROSE 

Your heart leaps at Easter time, 

With tho'ts of Christ who rose 

From the tomb, as heavenly bells chime 

His victory over His foes. 

Our Father did resurrect Him 

With the view of showing the rest 

His completely powerful love for Him 

Who did His best. 

So He would love us all, 

If we would listen to Him 

And before all creeds not to fall, 

The creeds that do not do justice to Him. 

He would not even allow 

Christ's body to His foes. 

His spirit is smiling now 

While God's power grows, 

And is flooding the earth with light, 

Leading the people from sin. 

Showing His pathway bright 

That we may enter in. 

Trying to show us the way 

To the power He gave His Son. 

Let us all work for that brighter day 

Which has just begun. 

The day which will reveal 

The powerful arm of old 

Which shielded Christ in His appeal 

And drew Him in His fold. 

There giving Him strength of heart 

To receive the final blow, 

And lessened and soothed the smart, 

That His soul in peace might go. 

Not as a fluttering bird with broken wings 

Wildly shrieking in its pain. 

But a soothing lethargy He brings. 

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Christ called not in vain. 
Christ was a medium of high degree 
Who knew how to receive such power. 
He asked and was given instantly 
Help, in His trying hour. 
Christ rose, as we may rise. 
To the supreme heights of God. 
Let us learn and together prize 
The truth from Almight^^ God. 
Then there will be a grand Easter day 
To brighten the world with praise. 
When with Christ we all will say 
Easter is the day of days. 

THE OLIVE TREE 

In a garden of old stood an olive tree, 

Christ in passing stopped to see 

The quality of the fruit it bore 

Thus teaching the parable of yore, 

Each tree is known by the fruit it gives 

If its duty it has done. 

If a cheery life it lives 

Raising its branches to the sun. 

Cheerfully growing to supply 

The needs of anyone 

Who hungry was passing by 

Faint from the toil they had done. 

Feeding the weak and weary 

Who stepped beneath its branches to rest. 

The meat of its fruit a cheery 

Reminder, that we are blessed. 

Thus its duty it has done 

In its only way. 

Privileged by the One 

Who is with us every day. 

And of Whom we are a part, 

Our souls are not our own 

To destroy and tear apart 

By the deeds we have done. 

We belong to that mighty Throne 

That rules from on high. 

Who gave our souls from His own 

And whose Soul is everywhere. 

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Is everywhere, in all 

That for goodness grows. 

The' some things to satan fall, 

From whom all evil flows. 

This olive tree nobly tried 

To serve the One who gave 

The power. He never denied 

To the lowest slave, 

That of giving of his heart 

To those who need it most. 

For as each is of God a part 

He would be serving the Holy Ghost, 

Each is judged by their deeds, 

"By the fruits ye are known." 

If you serve others* needs 

You have in God stronger grown. 

The permanent fruitage of the olive tree 

Pleased the Prince of Peace, 

So that He chose a branch of it to be 

An offering that never would cease. 

A peace offering it has become . 

Of everlasting good will 

And forever it will come 

To teach our duty still. 

The duty of giving to another one 

The cheer that he needs. 

So that when the day is done 

God is pleased with our deeds. 

Strive to be as the olive tree 

A peaceful bringer of good. 

Who in the end surely will be 

As happy as such a one should. 

For the tree by Christ is blest, 

And 'neath its branches you should rest 

In your thots, and try to be 

As beloved as the Olive Tree. 

REVELATIONS 

Write these words as written 
By St. John the divine. 
That the life shall be taken 
From whoever extracts a line. 
The powers of God are rising 

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To a higher mighty union 

And these words are the comprising 

Parts of their communion. 

"Many are the worlds that before ye rise 

In a higher freer life, 

These worlds ye must conquer, otherwise 

You sink to the lowest in life. 

Wondrous worlds with no connection 

To man's ignorant wilfuU mind, 

The minds that have no conception 

Of the truth they might find. 

Worlds which spread before you 

In God's guiding light, 

In the maze of stars which o'er you 

Twinkle afar in the night. 

These worlds of which w^e have spoken 

And thru' which you all must climb 

Is God's vast road unbroken 

By the passing of time. 

Thru' the many ages gone 

They remained unchanged in the same place 

And as we lead you from now on 

We lead you in God's grace. 

It is God's grace that we raise 

The earth to its former height, 

Back to its first perfect days. 

Raised by truth and might. 

Truth, this book herein unfolds. 

Truth which God has given, 

Which is the might that molds 

The right path into heaven. 

The revelations which are spread 

Before your mind and vision 

Will of necessity be led 

By this book's holy mission. 

The clouds are aburst with fire 

To attract every eye 

'Tis from up here we lead you higher 

Into a sweet by and by. 

For from here we teach 

A fire will overspread the earth 

And if to us you reach 

You will prove your worth. 

Truth's fire shall burn 

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All evil wicked things, 

Over their ashes shall you earn 

The peace the future brings. 

By which fire is the end of the world 

The world of satan and sin, 

Emerging the new earth from which is hurled 

The satan which has been. 

By that is meant the earth passing away 

Of sin there will be an end. 

A new earth, a new day 

Comes with the power God will send. 

And the second coming of Christ 

In His cloud of flame. 

He will lift you to His height. 

To the God from whom you came. 

The burst of glory you will see 

Is meant by the flaming cloud. 

In His humble servant you will see 

A servant of whom God is proud. 

Proud to exhibit as His own, 

A teacher of God's word, 

In whose spirit Christ has grown 

To represent the trust incurred. 

Incurred for the w^orld's benefit 

That God's word might be taught. 

A holy mission and by it 

The world's redemption is bro't. 

The world redeemed by God's teachers, 

Humble servants of Christ, 

Who are world's preachers 

Bringing truth and right. 

This is the scriptures as they should be, 

In parables as they are. 

By God's light you should see 

The change is not far. 

As the change is coming nearer 

Bringing Christ to you 

Listen to His message bearer, 

Listen and then do. 

Do as this book tells you. 

Do and receive your praise. 

God is always with you 

In you all your days. 

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WINNING PRAISE 

Choose not the easiest path in life 

That shows that you are weak. 

Choose the one where struggles are rife 

And you will get what you seek. 

Each effort gives you strength 

To help win the next fight, 

The road behind you gains in length 

Stretching back into the night. 

While on beyond is the rosy dawn 

Shining over the hills you climb, 

While those behind you are gone, 

Just the footsteps of time. 

Then at the journey's end we've won 

The right to rest and cheer. 

Then there's many to lead you on, 

There's many to greet you here. 

That is why the idle one 

Will not be of the few 

That are invited to don 

Wings of brilliant hue. 

To those that strive there's praise. 

To those that shirk, defeat. 

To those who look there's many ways 

To win praise from the Judgment Seat. 

PEACE ON EARTH 

Let the message of the Christ child 
From Whom great blessings flow 
Teach you to be meek and mild 
As our Saviour long ago. 
Learn to be patient and kind 
And to lend a helping hand, 
That happiness others may find. 
That they may straighter stand. 
Let the message rush over you 
Driving selfish pride away. 
Let the message be ever before you 
And give it a place to stay 
Leave a corner in your heart 
For the message to dwell. 
Let good impulses from it start, 

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Listen and heed it well. 

Let it grow and let it rise 

Till it fills the whole of you, 

Let it look out of your eyes 

That others may see it too. 

Let it become a part of your life 

As if it were food; 

To overcome hate and strife, 

And to establish good. 

When we learn to be friends true 

To all who are half way good, 

There will be no wars to do 

The shedding of innocent blood. 

This was the message Christ gave 

When they told us over again 

How God's love to save 

By "Peace on earth, good will to men." 

A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE 

When Christmas bells are ringing 

In many a joyous town, 

Many voices are singing 

As snow comes drifting down. 

Many hearts are happy here 

Without a care or a sigh, 

All the world seems to be cheer. 

Reflecting a brilliant sky 

Yet is the world free from care? 

Aside from the wretchedly poor 

Who are everywhere, 

Aside from them are you sure? 

Are you sure you are carefree? 

Are you sure you are gladhearted? 

Can you not in fancy see 

Those from whom you are parted 

Those who are ever beside you 

Longing for you to speak 

Demanding the joys now denied you 

Which you will find if you seek. 

Joys which come not unsought. 

They are the fruits of labor. 

Know you the words Christ taught 

"Learn to love your neighbor." 

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Yet these words are pitifully weak 

To describe the whole tho't. 

In explanations we seek 

To make clear what He taught. 

Everyone in every land 

Should feel the brother and sisterhood of us. 

Joined by God's loving hand 

Into one family continuous. 

In that way forming a power 

Of which each one holds a part. 

Partaking of God's liberal dower 

To strengthen each sad heart. 

If you try to help another 

So that stronger powers they may hold, 

Their spiritual strength will be another 

Stepping stone to God's fold. 

If all the world could be 

Spiritual converts everyone, 

For each individual there would be 

Stronger powers to be won. 

Think of the joyous Christmas bells 

Which would ring with a new earth 

If we would listen to what God tells 

Of the millennium's birth. 

The millennium which will be 

A prophecy foretold. 

When Spiritualism all will see 

And dwell within God's fold. 

For Spiritualism is the only way 

The millennium age will come. 

With the new earth, the new day 

In which we enter home. 

A wonderful home which opens its door 

To the glad new earth and which gives 

Blessings and love to all the poor 

Who in God's word believe and live. 

Individual power does increase 

If put with another, tho' small, 

And together with harmony and peace 

Soon reach Heaven's Entrance Hall. 

Just think of the earth as one, 

Just one great mass of power. 

Think you the earth would rival the sun 

In its Awakening Hour. 

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Think of the good that would ensue 

With the earth and stars connected. 

Connected by a power that you 

In your ignorance never suspected. 

If you these things spread, 

The words from God Most High, 

If you help the people to be led 

You will help the old world die. 

The old world of satan and sin 

And long by satan oppressed. 

The great joys which might have been 

Will be by God blessed. 

And will overspread the earth 

A glorious Christmas day, 

When Christ brings joy and mirth 

To banish sorrow always. 

When Spiritualism worldwide is known, 

By all of us combining. 

We would create a power full grown 

To keep God's light shining. 

If many small things together blend 

A large one it will be. 

Then the love God would send 

Would grow thru Eternity. 

To get this glad Christmas day 

Work with your neighbors to make 

Unspeakable joy that will stay 

Forever. For Christ's sake. 

THE GREAT I. 

Listen to the rules of love. 

Lower thy voice of tears, 

I will watch from realms above 

Faithful thru all the years. 

Close thine eyes in peaceful rest 

Forget the world of care. 

Forget all else and listen, lest 

You lose this voice from Everywhere. 

Clear thy brain of the dust of years, 

Let thy weary wistful mind 

Have its breath of life, throw off its fears 

And commune with others of its kind. 

Watch and wait in peace, when 

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You are quiet and alone, 

Your soul will drift in peace again 

To its own its native home. 

For there 'twas born and there 'twill dwell 

When it leaves its earthly frame 

And you and I in peace will dwell 

From whence you came. 

For I am you and you am I, 

Together we are one 

And when I call from on High 

I know you will come. 

You will leave the earth your present home, 

I will show you the way. 

When I call you will come 

Back Home to stay. 

For I am the Great. I am the Small 

Of the things on earth 

From the least of all 

To things of greater worth. 

My children all, look up to Me, 

My message is clear and bright. 

I gave you all eyes to see 

This great and shining light. 

When once you see, the way is clear 

Even thru thorns and stone 

And when you call I will hasten here 

To greet mine own. 

You have but to look at a little flower, 

At the w^oods and grasses green 

And you will see Me in Nature's bower, ^ 

Even in the moon's silvery sheen. 

For I am all in all 

There is nothing you can see 

And things you cannot see at all 

But what belongs to Me. 

Even the little things 

That seem of no worth to you. 

There is good each one brings 

There's work for all to do. 

There must be things to prove your worth, 

You must stand a thorough test, 

Then when you leave this lowly earth 

You will have proved your best. 

Don't forget you are with Me. 

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We are spirit all in one. 

Tho' you claim me not and satan see 

I will leave you not alone. 

Flow on mighty tide, you will reach there at last, 

Your power is a million fold, 

The Great Change is coming fast 

Remember what I have told. 

The time coming not far away 

When with sin you stand beside, 

In the new Dawn, before the new Day 

You will know satan lied. 

This is a message from the Great I 

The only One that lives; 

Hear this voice from on high, 

Hear what Goodness gives 

Hear this voice from many places; 

From angels that are your own. 

Could you see their loving faces 

You would know them one by one. 

Love to all each one sends, 

And 'tis here this message ends. 

WHAT IS LIFE? 

What is life but a series of years 
Spent on earth, the Vale of Tears, 
To prove our worth as the years roll on. 
Who in end will dwell with God's Son. 
Who in this life have shown their worth, 
Who have done the most good on earth 
Who have sacrificed comforts and those 
Who have been not thorns but a rose. 
A rose whose sweetness shines afar, 
A rose and yet a star. 
A star that shines all down the years, 
Giving help and banishing fears. 
A star that some day will be set 
In the crown of Heaven and as yet, 
Not many believe and not many know 
How and why and where we go. 
We leave the body, the house of clay 
To develop ourselves. We cannot stay 
And be still. We must learn 
The lessons of life, we must earn 

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Our rewards. We are children yet, 

We must work, we cannot let 

Evil overpower us. We cannot keep 

Our souls still growing and lay asleep. 

We pass in another stage of life 

Not quite all peace, there still is strife 

To rise above tho'ts evil and mean, 

With many to help us, those who have seen 

The same struggles, the same pain 

And have outgrown such. Never again 

To return to selfish ways. 

They have peace thru all their days. 

That is the how and why we go 

And the where, we must not know 

Until our turn comes. We must wait 

Until we pass the Golden Gate. 

Until we lay aside earthly breath 

And pass thru a wonderful death. 

A death that is a great change 

In our way of living, tho' strange 

At the time, we soon know 

That we have left the Land of Woe. 

And entered Life, with those who kneel 

At Jesus' feet, those who feel 

A desire to help us and greet 

In God's name all they meet. 

That is why we yearn 

For higher things. Thus we learn 

That everything that grows 

Is a part of God. Our woes 

Bring out to what degree 

We have risen. Why we see 

In everything the destiny 

That whirls us on till we are free. 

Life is an everlasting age. 

The first part spent in a cage 

Thru which we build, destroy or rise 

To the heights we lift our eyes. 

Not to earthly wealth but to good, 

When you have done all you could 

To see and reach the beauty of things, 

And to such are given wings. 

That is Life. 

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THE HARVEST'S END 

When Autumn's chill 

Our hearts doth fill, 
And the corn is gathered in the shock, 

The frost doth o'er us hover, 

The furry things seek cover, 
And the birds to a warmer country flock. 

Summer is w^aning, 

Winter is gaining; 
As time flies by on wings. 

As the days go fleeting, 

We should be greeting 
The joys that each one brings. 

The joys of knowing 

That onward flowing 
The River of Life, tho' if not serene 

In Nature's beauties. 

Helps lighten our duties 
In keeping with what we have seen. 

Tho' the stubbles 

Give us troubles, 
We see the corn in a golden pile. 

We know we could 

See the good 
In something all the while. 

Thus the season 

For a reason 
Brings the cold and snappy frost. 

In search of cheer 

The best of the year 
Is found instead of lost. 

In summer days 

There's many ways 
For our loved ones to drift apart. 

In search of fun. 

There's many a one 
To slight many a heart. 

But when winter's chill 

Our hearts doth fill, 
They gather from far and near. 

The old home's door. 

They seek once more 
Looking for warmth and cheer. 

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And there they find it, 

And never mind it, 
If the hearth is filled to the brim, 

It is warm and cheerful, 

And they are not fearful 
To brave the storm with vim. 

Thus for a reason 

The winter season 
Gathers together the family again. 

To all living things 

Necessity brings 
Together both creatures and men. 

In summer we sow 

And reap and hoe 
Our plants and pleasures and fun, 

And if we work 

And do not shirk 
We've gained something when summer's done. 

If on pleasure bent, 

The time we've spent 
Has led us to many things. 

Or if in work, or both 

We are not loth 
To greet what the harvest brings. 

And on the day 

In pleasures gay 
We reap what we have sown. 

The loved ones together 

We know whether 
Our loves have blossomed or grown. 

But we do know 

When the outside is snow 
That the inside is the best God could send 

And with me agree 

That the best we can see 
Is love and home at the harvest's end. 

A CROSS 

A cross you bear, 

If you but knew. 

The word of trouble and care 

Is a cross on you. 

A cross of sorrow or shame, 

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Bearing on many a head, 

Blackening many a name 

In the present and long since dead. 

There's a long weary road 

For a cross of one kind. 

Injustice and sorrows is the load; 

No joy can they find. 

All toil and hardship 

With nothing bright ahead, 

With curse or prayer on each lip 

Fighting for their daily bread. 

Which is all caused by greed. 

The world is an organization of sin. 

Keeping people from what they need, 

People who are all God's kin. 

That is one cross which many a one 

Carries to his reward, 

For the injustice which is done 

Is remembered by the Lord, 

The remembrance which makes the other cross, 

Which stalks like a beast of prey 

Selecting the people who are dross, 

Who in the end must pay. 

The cross of servitude and shame 
Which stands ready at God's word, 
To fasten itself on every name 
That greed's stain has blurred. 
Governments are wrong in power. 
They give a chance to everyone. 

They should daily exercise the power 

To make justice be done. 

They can do so. There is a way 

In which governments will change; 

We will tell some future day 

And explain what now is strange. 

Tho neither of these crosses you may bear, 

Yet you are not free. 

For where there is sorrows and care 

Weakness there must be. 

The power of God is not there 

But weakness and extinguishing light 

Help God to throw off that cross you bear 

That the world may be all bright. 

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HELP THE WORLD 

Hear many voices ring 

Thru the world joyously clear; 

The vibrating voices sing 

Of the change now so near. 

Already overtaking us, 

Of escape there is none. 

It is giving continuous 

Proofs and help to everyone; 

Of proofs there are many, 

Of help there is for you 

An abundance for any, 

And for all the world thru; 

If you are working and wait 

For a change in fortune here, 

If your wants you will state 

You will receive help and cheer. 

You will receive if you try 

Over your powers to preside. 

Be your ruler and try 

In blessings to preside. 

Work together. Not alone. 

Great things will you achieve. 

There will be for each one 

Great rewards to receive; 

The Change is coming. Coming fast, 

And brightly envelops the earth. 

Old prophecies rise out of the past, 

As the new age is given birth; 

Be not behind when it arrives. 

Be one of the blessed folk. 

Don't put it off if your soul strives 

To be free from satan's yoke. 

Free. Think of the glorious word 

Which means sorrow no more. 

Every heart should be stirred 

As it never has before. 

Free from death's parting sting. 

Free from fear in every form; 

Help given in everything; 

Free from every harm. 

All this Spiritualism gives and more. 

The glorious Religion of God. 

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He shows freely the wide-open door 
That all may know their God. 
Think of the meaning. Understand 
The joys of no ending. 
Help to make this changing land 
One that is with Heaven blending. 

FOR EVERY SOUL 

Many faces are up-turned in vain, 

For love's kindly glow. 

While their hearts filled with pain 

Are wondering and do not know, 

Where the outcome of the world will be ; 

Whether peace or war and hate; 

They do not know, they cannot see, 

All that they can do is to wait. 

Wait; and be unaware 

Of the advantages they might gain 

To banish sorrow and care 

And be free again. 

Free to see the future as true 

As heavenly forces can tell it, 

And learn to see and do 

That in good they might profit. 

They could see in spirit vision 

The colossal forces of God 

Making a world revision 

That it may please the sight of God. 

God has long been grieved at heart 

At the world of sin and sorrow; 

He says that satan must depart. 

There will be a glorious tomorrow; 

By His love we are told 

Will we see, hear and know 

Truths which are worth more than gold. 

Truths that will teach us how to go. 

Do not wait. Do not ponder, 

Groping blindly in the dark ; 

Nor on sins wreckage wander 

But on God's lifeboat embark. 

Let us every earnest soul save; 

The Bread of Life is here at last, 

In sins' encounter let us be brave, 

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For the old age is past. 

Have courage. Learn to eat 

The Bread of Life your soul to feed 

That you may have liberty sweet 

And the guiding love you need. 

Learn. You hold the power in your hand, 

The power Nature gives; 

You have the key. Understand, 

And live as God lives. 

Help the world everywhere 

That the Great Day may come, 

Reflecting God's light over there 

Jesus will welcome us Home. 

THE MISSING LINK 

Life is an earnest proposition; 

There is always an expedition 

Into unknown ways; 

No matter where we are now. 

We are not certain how 

We will end our days. 

We think things "just come," 

Whether cheery or glum, 

We do not try to know. 

Did you ever stop to think 

That someone is the missing link, 

Someont made it so. 

There is a reason that things should be 

Good, bad or indifferent to thee. 

Whether hate, ignorance or greed 

There is a reason for every deed, 

Some one made it so. 

There is a missing link for all these things; 

You think of mysterious hidden wings. 

Carrying them to you. 

When really someone's hand 

Made everything in every land; 

Someone made it so. 

Spiritualism gives a chance 

For everyone to enhance 

Their joys and fortunes too. 

You are waiting and while you wait 

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You may learn to be your own fate, 

Let that someone be you. 

You may rule while by your side 

Is your particular guide, 

Leading you aright. 

If in God you seek to gain, 

Your efforts will not be in vain, 

You may dispel your night; 

When Satan's will you are breaking, 

Your power is in the making. 

Your fate lies with you; 

This book is to help you learn 

And teach you how to earn 

The powers given you. 

God wishes you to be 

Happy thru Eternity. 

His message is to all of you; 

We pray you will take 

This chance for Christ's sake, 

And with His blessing on you. 



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THE GENERAL DIRECTIONS AND RULES— 

You must know the general rules and direction in 
order to do full justice to the mediumships we have 
endeavored to explain. These are things that are very 
important for your success and you should pay strict 
attention to them for your own benefit. Your room and 
person must be perfectly clean to permit the power that 
emanates from your body to be of such a pure nature that 
your spiritual guides will care to work with it, for the 
magnetism which comes from the spirit within your body 
is the spiritual power with which all such manifestations 
are created. But the magnetism in order to create, must 
be subject to a strong mental power to be able to accom- 
plish anything beneficial or otherwise. Therefore you 
must give the one who is trying to get power from you 
to work with, every opportunity if you expect to gain in 
what you have started, and by so doing you will be well 
paid for your efforts. Secondly, you must harmonize 
everyone that is in the room you are developing in, by 
having ever>^one very sincere in the work of winning 
help unselfishly for all of you by having all their minds 
in one particular groove; and applying all of their mental 
force on whatever they are working for. This magnetism 
is subject to your will and by imagining the desired 
manifestation to occur, you are sending that power in that 
direction. You may do much good towards combining 
all of your thoughts by singing a good hymn, "Nearer 
My God to Thee" and 'In the Sweet By and By," pre- 
ferably, after which a prayer in the minds of each, asking 
God's blessing on your undertaking and help to overcome 
evil influences, will greatly harmonize conditions. You 
may continue the hymns at intervals also. 

If more than one are sitting for the same purpose, 
a small table or stand is necessary, around which you 
must sit, locking your little fingers over the next one to 
you and touching your own thumbs together, thus forming 
a circle of magnetism which allows it to condense in what- 
ever form it is willed to. Never break circle if you want 
good results. Keep it till your quitting time. If only two 
are developing you must sit opposite each other touching 
the tips of your fingers. If only one you should place your 
hands on your side of the stand or forsake it entirely in 
such things as clairvoyance, clairandience, speaking or 

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going under control. The latter is curbing your own 
thoughts and mental power and allowing yourself to go 
completely under the control of your guide. You must 
known who your control is and be certain it is some one 
dependable, as one of your relatives or friends, and 
not an evil spirit representing itself to be someone it is 
not. For that reason it is best to develop yourself in 
other things first, to save yourself the misfortune of sub- 
mitting your mind to an evil master which is simple hypno- 
tism, for which purpose we will explain later under the 
head of "mediumships." That is why you sit around 
the stand to find out what mediumship you are best 
suited for, and to learn who wants to be your control or 
guide and to gain strength enough to keep away evil 
influences. Also remember, in your spirit friends answer- 
ing your questions that it is a matter of willpower, which 
ones answers your questions, your own spirit friends or 
evil ones representing themselves as good forces. You 
must not judge harshly your spirit relatives if they seem 
to give false answers, for it certainly is not them who 
deceives you. If you want to attract good forces to you, 
you must be pure in heart with high aims and you will 
attract accordingly. Like attracts like. And yet you 
may be ever go sood and some evil spirits will be near 
you, because this is the lowest sphere in which the most 
evil are bound. They cannot rise to higher planets for 
they are not advanced enough. That is why you will be 
interrupted in your work by evil forces. But by per- 
sistent prayer and earnest effort you will succeed in gaining 
power enough from the higher developed spirits, that 
you may sufficiently hamper the evil advances of destruc- 
tion on your work and eventually succeed. Your spirit 
friends will communicate w^ith j^ou first on the table, by 
its tipping or rapping in the rapping system, which is: 
three raps mean "yes." One rap means "no." Two 
raps means either "I don't know" or "doubtful" or "un- 
answerable on account of your question." While five 
raps denote the wish that you would repeat the alphabet, 
which is done by slowly repeating the letters of the alpha- 
bet, giving them time after each letter that they may 
rap if they mean the letter spoken. In this way they 
can give you messages and talk to you more as they 
wish. As it takes considerable power to materialize 
enough to rap at first, they may communicate easier and 

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quicker by placing two thin pieces of wood under the legs 
of the stand you are using. One under one leg with one 
under the opposite corner leg. Thus they may tip the 
table to a far better advantage over the way of material- 
izing, which gives you the joy of communicating with 
them without waiting so long. 

We have tried to convince you of the necessity of 
power for the spirits to communicate with you, which 
is true to some degree, even in the way we will tell you 
now. Your spirit travels while your body sleeps. Though 
you may have all manners of dreams arising from an 
unsettled stomach or a worried mind, in some instances 
when the brain is calm and clear, your spirit in such 
peace with nothing hindering it, it is very likely to leave 
your body, and in its clearness of mind talk with your 
spirit friends who may make you feel yourself in many 
strange actions and places w^hich you should be able to 
think out with the help of well known phrases and 
similies and so understand the symbols. For each thing 
they show symbolizes something, which might be of great 
benefit to you if possessed by your knowledge. You will 
also feel that you understand perfectly in your dream, 
and when you wake you should try to understand as 
well. You may find in our list of symbols for clairvoyance, 
signs that serve the same purpose in dreams. 

And another thing. Spiritualism is generally supposed 
to be a fake, because so many do fake such manifesta- 
tions in a way that might misguide an inexperienced 
observer. Thus many a person who might change his 
whole life for the better by being an ardent spiritualist, 
is disappointed, and in their disapointment discard Spirit- 
ualism, thereby being deprived of the happiness that is 
his due. Surely such are unpardonable works of the 
devil. Fakers and correspondingly evil spirits keeping 
down the spiritualist religion is satan's bidding done. 
Thereby causing those ignorant of the truth to call 
Spiritualism "the works of the devil." Therefore never 
as you value your soul's salvation, pretend or fool anj^one 
w^ith such manifestations. Look upon it as a serious re- 
ligion which fills your heart with the blessings and power 
which God intended for you. Never allow anyone with 
you in your circles or in any such work w^ho does fake or 
treat it lightly, for they are not only very detrimental to 
your advancement in the science, but you are wasting valu- 

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able time In which you might accumulate much power 
and joy. As the circle stand will move quite easily on its 
thin pieces of wood, you must all work together for the 
purpose maintaining sincerity and carefulness. 

Many people wonder why the spirit manifestations re- 
quire absolute darkness. They think it is a sure sign of 
faking and misrepresentations. But this magnetism, while 
it is weak, has the power to create only in the dark and 
when stronger in a dim light. Its chemical properties sci- 
entificially change as the result of light. Only with a great 
number of harmonizing persons to draw strength from 
or with highly developed persons can power be retained 
enough to stand the light. But if you who work together 
are all sincere, you will surely know and be satisfied that 
what you get is spirit power. 

If a crowd of harmonizing persons sit together far 
better and very much quicker results can be obtained 
than if only two or three sit. This is also a very easy 
way to become a trumpet medium. Have your suitable 
crowd and if too large to sit conveniently around the stand, 
place the stand in the center with the trumpet on it while 
the crowd sits with joined hands around the room form- 
ing a complete circle. Proceed the same as with any dark 
circle and it should not be long before the trumpet is 
floating around the room, with your spirit friends talking 
thru it. Besides there are spirit lights which seem very 
wonderful and beautiful to the material eye and touches 
and caresses from your relatives on the spirit side who love 
you more than they loved you here and who want you to 
know they are with you. You must never be afraid of such 
things for it is only the fond caresses from someone who 
wants to talk to you as much as you want to talk to them 
and a good deal more for they can see ahead in your life 
and surroundings, things of which you should be warned, 
which worry them and which they are anxious to com- 
municate with you. They also see you mourn for them 
and as they suffer at the parting, they wish to comfort you. 
As they will not touch if you are afraid, try to overcome 
it and give yourself and them the joy of such reunion. 

We are now ready to disclose the ways of learning the 
divine mediumships which will bring these beautiful things 
into your very home and life. We have tried to not use 
unnecessary words and you will appreciate the fact that we 

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have used the least space possible, putting things in a con- 
cise form which is easier remembered. We have also tried 
to prepare you for them by our general directions. We 
will first give a lesson of the importance of holding your 
mind and then clairvoyance with its accompanying list of 
meanings of the signs or symbols. You must not fail to 
pay strict attention to everything for thereby hangs your 
success. Alwaj^s expect success and imagine yourself mak- 
ing it. Always give cleanliness and fresh air a chance to 
help you and never be discouraged. 



TO GUIDE YOU 

Lead me not in mournful byways, 

Where my soul evil will see. 

Lead me to the glorious highway 

Where I may righteous be. 

Tell me not our earthly living 

Is but an ending empty dream, 

For God is always giving 

His light to over you beam. 

Tho your heart is near breaking 

And in tortuous sorrow burns, 

God's power is had for the taking; 

One receives all one earns. 

Tho trouble has overpowered you; 

Or satan has led you astray. 

Or fortune with tears has showered you, 

God loves you every day. 

God's love is lasting and true. 

Everyday and any hour 

That you ask He gives you 

Your part of His power. 

When once this power you gain, 

Your eyes are opened to further things; 

If you try, this power you may retain 

And enjoy the fruit it brings. 

The fruits of love and happiness. 

The joys that are yours forever; 

Your power will never grow less, 

And love will leave you never; 

While you view the panorama of life, 

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Of its beauties and of its sins, 

Think of the vast useless strife 

In which this world spins. 

The peace which satan prohibits, 

The sorrows that he pretends 

To be God's will that benefits 

Us by the pain He sends. 

If we turned to God there would be no pains, 

Nor sorrow. There would be nothing wrong. 

All would be wonderful joy again, 

And one never-ending song. 

See the joy that would live again 

If our faith in God was great. 

Sorrow in the dust w^ould be slain, 

Overcome by fate. 

Never to revive to give 

Us the pain that now 

Causes us to gloomy live. 

With care upon our brow. 

Read the messages here given. 

Think them over and be true 

To the God who has long striven 

To return your rights to you. 

As you think, kneel and pray 

To the God who gave your soul. 

He will answer without delay. 

Leading you to your goal. 

He will answer if you try 

To learn the rules. He has shown 

And allow doubt to die. 

Trusting in Him alone. 

If you work you will receive 

More value than the time spent; 

Your joy will never leave 

You in doubt of the power sent. 

Such is the advice we give to you, 

Calm yourself and prepare 

For the quiet and stillness which in you 

Must spread around you everywhere. 

Relax yourself and train your will 

To conquer every roving thot. 

Let God and peace fill 

Your mind and doubt not. 

Now for the rules we give, 

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While you are dwelling here, 

That will banish while you live 

Every falling tear. 

Rules that will help you to grow 

In a mediumship so true 

That you soon will know 

Your loved ones are near you. 

While holding your thots as before said, 

Create a harmony around you, 

By asking to be by God led 

And feel His presence in you. 

While your mind is in this state 

Expect good spirits near 

And be good yourself, j^ou'U not wait 

Long for them to appear, 

Or manifest their presence, some way 

By a touch on head or hand, 

And if in soul you continue to pray 

Their powers are at your command. 

Do not fear. Do not doubt, 

Tho evil spirits interfere 

With God's help drive them out 

And keep your mind clear. 

Then you will find the truth of these 

Things I am telling you; 

And find with what wonderful ease 

A power surges over you. 

Above all practice constantly 

Every possible day, 

And expect a wonderfully 

Powerful force to say; 

Do not weaken or despair, 

Constantly k^ep in mind. 

That to gain anything anywhere. 

For what you expect, work in kind. 

When once you begin to gain. 

Keep on steadily. 

Till things come to you plain, 

And come instantly. 

Constant work is the only way 

To gain things worth while, 

And when you've got them to stay. 

You are fully paid for your toil. 

Such are the general rules to learn, 

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Any medium mystic power. 

Remember you receive what you earn ; 

Try to earn your dower. 

Following will be 

Minute directions for each 

Of the things you may wish to be : 

Study what we teach, 

While you fight doubt and sin, 

Ask God to help you win. 

If you work with thoroughness too, 

We know God will help you thru. 

CLAIRVOYANCE 

When you feel surging over you 

An unexplainable, subtle change, 

Do not throw it off. Keep in you 

The feeling and power however strange. 

Do not strive or strain. 

But constantly concentrate 

On one thing and your thots train 

To keep your mind, in the proper state, 

While you are practicing 

Imagine that your power 

In your work is constantly increasing, 

Thru every available hour. 

Do not become indolent or lazy. 

Allowing your mind to roam. 

For if it is the least bit hazy 

You shut out the power that would come. 

Keep your mind within your head. 

With your spirit eye look steadily 

And you soon will gain from the so-called dead, 

The power of communing readily. 

Tho at first you despairing cry. 

Try and try again ; 

That what you've gained may not die 

And in dying be the end 

Of the joy that might have been 

In that particular way. 

Had you only persevered to win. 

Every possible day. 

Listen how to see 

Visions bright and clear. 

That you may before long be 

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Able to receive help and cheer. 

Limit your diet to vegetables and fruit, 

And things easy to digest. 

Having done this follow suit, 

With exercise in air of the best. 

Drink water pure and cold, 

To flush the sluggish blood; 

Exercise as you are told 

In pure air, there is nothing so good. 

Select an easy chair. 

Relaxing body and mind, 

And let your thots everywhere 

Be most cheery and kind. 

As you sit in your easy chair 

Facing the northern pole. 

Your mind may climb the spirit stair 

That leads to your guiding soul. 

Pray and clear your mind from doubt. 

Always hoping for the best; 

Working with prayers devout 

Into a peaceful rest. 

Keeping your mind w^ithin and before you, 

Watching with your spirit eye 

For the bright clouds which o'er you. 

As in a dream floats by. 

If 3'our material eye you forget, 

And allow your mind to pierce the veil 

Of material things, you will get 

A power that will not fail. 

With your eyes closed by a blindfold. 

You may be able to see. 

But it is far better in a semi-cold 

Room in pitch darkness to be. 

Follow these rules and persevere 

In determination to win. 

And you will see faces most dear. 

Who have always beside you been. 



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SOME SIGNS TO HELP YOU IN 
CLAIRVOYANCE 

Flowers and their Meanings 

Rose Wedded bliss or much happiness. 

Lily Nobleness of Character. 

Violet Sweet and Shy. 

Honeysuckle Vain and Fickle. 

Lily of the Valley Industrious 

White Apple Blossom Deceitfulness 

Clematis Vine Dainty and Dependent 

Oak Tree Sturdy and Independent 

Buttercup Vanity 

Bleeding Heart Chivalrous and Sympathetic 

Pinks Charity and Love. 

Golden Glow Artistic Temperament. 



A door opening in the ground. — Means an undertak- 
ing which is unworthy is being enacted towards you. 
Watch carefully. 

An eagle flying away from you. — Is a lost opportunity 
which is a loss to you and which will never come again. 

A high board fence with a tree growing above it. — 
Your opportunities are now limited but you will outgrow 
them. 

The fence without the tree. — Certain obstacles will 
not be overcome. Look in other direction. 

A row of posts. — Exceptionally fine chances to learn 
and acquire knowledge. Take them. 

A box with a hammer appearing above it. — You are 
liable to lose your earthly goods by a precarious position 
you may be in. You are running risks. Examine more 
closely the steps you are taking. 

An open book. — Some pages of your life history are 
likely to be disclosed with exaggerations. Prepare your- 
self and be careful who you confide in for someone is a 
false friend. 

Dove. — If you see a dove flying towards you it denotes 
a message from someone. If its wings are black it denotes 
a death, if green it means sickness, if brown it is of 

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trouble, if white an ordinary letter. 

A trap door. — Means a trap or scheme is laid for 
you. Try to avoid it. 

Fruit. — If you see fruit smooth and well developed 
it means hope and happiness in store for you. Things 
are going to come out all right. 

Anchor. — If you see an anchor it denotes an under- 
taking which will come out successfully. If it is broken 
in two parts it means to abandon the undertaking or not 
start it for it is all wrong. 

The flag of your nation. — If seen denotes victory. 

Running water. — If a river is black and raging it 
means you are warned of trouble and utter defeat. If 
you do not use care you will fall to that depth. If river 
is smooth and peaceful your life will run as calmly from 
now on. 

A Mountain. — Means hard work ahead. If the sun 
is shining over the top there will be success and fame 
awaiting you at the top. 

A cross. — Means there is trouble or a sorrow you 
must bear. 

Prison bars. — A certain crime will be committed. 
If on the right a female, if on the left of you a male 
will be the victim. If up high it is a male, if below a 
female is the criminal. 

There are lights that are given by the spirit forces. 
If you see a blue light it means that very good spirits 
are with you and a purple light is the sign of the very 
highest ones. There are other lights the show for what- 
ever they are showing about. 

A brown light. — Means melancholy induced by 
trouble. 

Dark Green. — Is jealously. 

Light Green. — Is selfishness. 

Dark Red.— Represents anger or quick temper. 

A bright red. — Means hidden treasure. Search where 
indicated. 

A black dog. — Means a true friend will make you 
a proposition which now or sometime should be ac- 
cepted. If the dog is spotted it denotes a friend who 
should be refused. 

A whirlpool or rapids. — A sudden change. Be on 
the alert for hidden dangers and successful opportunities. 

A wreath. — Means success is near. 

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A towel. — Whoever it is shown about is mixed up 
in something and should wash their hands of the whole 
affair. 

A bunch of flowers. — Means sincere praise. 

A bow of ribbon. — Means, try and do as you are 
bidden. 



CLAIRAUDIENCE 

Now we will tell you how to hear 

Things you know not, 

So that voices may be clear 

And not comingled with your thot. 

If your mind has been concentrated 

In the way before explained, 

If in the dark you have waited 

You will feel that you have gained ; 

Gained in a subtle ingrowing way 

That while perfect stillness reigns 

You may hear spirit voices stay 

In 5^our mind perfectly plain. 

While you hope to hear 

Voices from spiritual places, 

Listen with your spirit ear. 

Remember the three graces. 

Faith, Hope and Charity gives 

A feeling of blessed endeavor, 

And while your faith in God still lives, 

He is with you forever. 

Voices come from those who dwell in planes 

Made by God for His many children, 

A God who blesses you for your pains, 

And helps you thru ill omen. 

For such a purpose His kindly plan 

God wishes all to know. 

Those who try certainly can 

Cause their power to grow. 

While you are waiting for voices to come, 

Those directions hold good. 

As told before and there are some 

Additional ones which should 

Be adhered to and persisted in; 

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Perfect stillness throughout the place. 

There must be harmony to win, 

With no uncongenial face. 

You must think not a single thot 

To bar a spirit word, 

For when it comes you know not 

Where or when you heard. 

In a flash on your empty mind 

A few words are sent. 

If you wait you will find 

Improvement and content. 

Do not repeat in your mind 

As each few words are said, 

For the two cannot be combined 

Until you are strongly led. 

While those flashing w^ords are creasing 

Their impact on your brain 

There must be quiet unceasing, 

That you may hear again ; 

For they come you know not when. 

Just flashing on your mind. 

'Tis your spirit ear that catches them. 

That your material brain may find. 

Practice these rules as you would 

School rules of childhood days; 

And unlike all rules of childhood, 

They benefit you always. 

For by such you will learn 

To talk to friends departed 

To brighter worlds, who help you earn 

A life that is glad-hearted. 

TRUMPET WORK 

Trumpet work we now will tell, 

That you may learn to do it well ; 

Learn to eat little or no meat. 

In the latter part of the day. 

If you heed not and so eat. 

Your body to drowsiness may give way. 

Meat has a dulling effect to those 

Tiny nerves that carry life and power to you. 

Believe this comes from one who knows; 

And wishes you all to better do. 

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In the darkest possible room you should sit 

Around a small table or stand, 

And to get the greatest benefit 

Each should touch each other's hand. 

For a complete circle must be formed, 

By touching fingers and thumbs. 

For around the circle thus formed 

The spirit power comes. 

The spirit power thus created grows, 

Materialized into someone, 

Enough so the spirit know 

The talking may be begun, 

And when strong enough to do so 

Will speak thru the trumpet plain. 

At first in a whisper low 

But will improve if you sit often again. 

The power may be a long while 

Even months in getting strong, 

But in the end you have cause to smile, 

Tho it has taken long. 

You should harmonize everyone, 

If you expect to gain success. 

When once you have begun 

Do not work any less. 

Concentration and expectancy. 

Are the main things to try. 

Constantly expect. Indulge in the fancy 

That your power is very nigh; 

That it is with you and in you 

Always working higher. 

Do not stop the desire in you. 

Of your work do not tire. 

If you sit right you must know 

That you gain every day. 

Do not stop and let your power go 

By not coaxing it to stay. 

For to gain you must persevere 

Every possible night. 

At j^our given hour the spirits are here 

Ready to lead you aright. 

One hour it should be easy to sit, 

Every possible day. 

A precious power you will get; 

One that will always stay. 

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If there are only two, 

You will get in a longer time, 

The same as more would do, 

In any place, in any clime. 

The important thing is to think together 

On the trumpet all minds concentrate. 

Do not stop or show the white feather. 

For success comes to all who wait. 

In the end you will gain 

A wonderfully cheering power. 

If all evil you have slain. 

And try to be good every hour. 

It is not the evil spirits but the good 

Who help you to nice things. 

If you are not quite as you should 

Such power speeds away on wings. 

HOW TO BE A SPEAKING MEDIUM 

To be a speaker you must be 

A message writer of the best. 

With clairvoyance to see 

What your ears may have missed. 

You must hear so perfectly 

With your guide half controlling you, 

That you can speak instantly 

As you are told to do. 

With a clear spirit view. 

To see and understand 

What is told to you. 

And be under their command 

With every feeling they express. 

You must be in harmony. 

To feel their every caress 

And hear them rapidly. 

Make your tongue coincide 

With your spirit ear. 

Practice that you may guide 

Your lips with what you hear. 

For by so doing you may speak 

Any speech they wish to make. 

The mediumship you seek 

You will gain without mistake. 

A messagebearer can be the same, 

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If they wish to be; 

By persistent effort, we claim 

These powers are free. 

HOW TO BE A WRITING MEDIUM 

For your spirit friends to write 

Messages of their own, 

You must take a stand at night, 

And sit in a dark room alone. 

With a sheet of paper on the stand. 

Which your left hand is holding tight, 

With your pencil straight up and down and 

Used as a prop for your right; 

Hold your mind so very still 

That your guide may control you arm 

And write words at their will, 

While you forget your arm. 

It is better a stand to use 

That a dark circle has been around. 

So that power in it you may not lose. 

But in magnetism it may abound. 

You must sit in silence perfect, 

That your guide may gain control. 

To his will you must be subject. 

Your body but not your soul. 

Keep your mind in that one way 

Till you have gained your aim. 

When you have succeeded, you may 

In the light do the same. 

MATERIALIZATION 

For materialization you go under control 
In the complete influence of your guide. 
You know nothing in body or soul 
While your control works by your side. 
You must sit in a place dark as can be, 
With heavy black curtains before you. 
On the other side a dim light to see 
What the spirits may show and do. 
Pray and sing and keep your mind 
As in the dark circles before, 
That good conditions the spirits may find, 

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That they may dcvelope the more. 

Then silence. Tliat the medium may keep 

His mind so still that he will fall 

Into a deep trance sleep, 

Which is the hardest to do of all. 

While the crowd sits in horseshoe shape, 

With each end a few feet from the door, 

That of magnetism there w^ill be no escape, 

So it may help the medium the more ; 

It may take months to accomplish 

This form of mediumship told, 

But the end exceeds your brightest wish, 

And joy worth more than gold. 

For between those curtains will appear 

What you have long wished to view. 

The forms of relatives so dear, 

That their absence has grieved you — 

A purpose worthy-, you will find 

Of long patience, that you may see 

The results of Nature's kind 

Wav to reunite thee. 



In materialization seances as in every other form of 
development, you should see that every door is locked, 
the light excluded and conditions perfect before attempt- 
ing anything at all. Before trying any mediumship at 
all, it is wisest to get your dark circles perfect, that you 
may test what mediumship you are best suited. In dark 
circles you must remember not to hold the spirit forces 
longer than two hours, but you should sit one hour at 
least. You should place an ink tablet and a soft lead 
pencil on your stand or conveniently near so when you 
get developed strong in your circles you could be pleased 
by finding a message written by some of your friends. 

We have tried to give you all information possible 
which would be of especial benefit to you in these things 
and w^e hope you will profit by them. Let us bring 
heaven on earth by adhering to the truth and the only 
religion which will open The Gates of Paradise. 



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